[TRANNIES] The 2001 Trannies! (7/10)
Robert Jung
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PART VI: FANDOM
THRUST: Alright! Time for the fan-based Trannie awards!
DIRGE: Yep, it's my favorite part of the show, too. After all,
there wouldn't BE any Trannies if there wasn't an
enthusiastic group of fans to play along.
RAMJET: Aw, that's... that's so touching... sniff... I LOVE YOU
GUYS! *Sob*
THRUST: Ewwwwww.
DIRGE: Oh, knock it off, Ramjet. You don't love anyone!
RAMJET: Except toast!
DIRGE: Okay, yes, toast... sheesh...
*** The TransFan of the Year Award
1 Artemis Prime
1 Best First (from Transfans.com)
1 Brian J. Kelly/Typhoon
1 Cavalier
1 Charlotte Brogden
1 Daniel Arseneault/Winterblast
1 Daniel Suh/Suspsy
1 Dave Van Domelen (dva...@eyrie.org)
1 Deathasaurus/Tigermegatron/PredakingX
1 Devvi
1 Goktimus
1 Graham Thomson (editor, Transmasters Universe)
1 Griffin
1 Harold Tietjens
1 Ian Melton/Victory Leo
1 J. D. Church (unicro...@hotmail.com)
1 James Hooks/JHooksX
1 Jon Hartman
1 Ken Flatt/JauGar
1 Lyn Davis/Silverwynde (Silve...@aol.com)
1 Mark A. Kimmel
1 Matt Nelson (us...@icehouse.net)
1 Morgan Evans/Morg
1 Nightwarp (nigh...@yahoo.ca)
1 Optimus Prime (mroptim...@hotmail.com)
1 Pat Lee
1 RCOSD (from TFArchive)
1 Ross Porter/Starscreamer
1 ShadowWing
1 Skywarp (from TFArchive)
1 Starchaser (lcstar...@transfactions.com)
1 Steve Stonebraker (srst...@bu-ast.bu.edu)
1 Taiga Ota/Tigerconvoy
1 The_Critic (the_c...@writeme.com)
1 Thomas Hamann/Salamander/Aziraphale
1 Track Attack
2 Burt Ward/Skyflight
2 Doug Kern/Monocle
2 Greg Sepelak/M Sipher
2 Kalidor (from Allspark)
2 Liquid Velcro!
2 Mike Kenney/Dak Roland (dakr...@madbbs.com)
2 Rik Bakke
2 Sheba
2 Trent Troop/Trentulas
3 Jackpot
3 Tony Bacala (http://www.transfandom.com)
4 Brendocon (bren...@hotmail.com)
4 Doug Dlin
4 Tengu
5 Robert Jung
6 Nightwind
6 Raksha (Rak...@plumed-serpent.com)
6 Robert Powers
11 Benson Yee
11 Dave Edwards/Zobovor
Ben Yee, Wonko, for bringing us pictures of Toyfair and other things, like
Megabolt.
--Junkman
Zobovor - Sure, he wins every year, but he deserves it. Not only does he
produce a near-superhuman level of contributions to the fandom with the
website, fanfics, FAQs and serving as the veritable backbone of ATT, but
he also manages to work through the occasional problems that he becomes
involved with as said backbone with an amazing amount of integrity.
--Iacon
Nightwind. She's so easy-going and eager to help people out (including
me); she's a great person and rightly deserves to be the Den Mother of the
TF Set.
--Themis56
3H should count as one. Failing that, Tengu. But wait, he canned Badass
Robot of the Month before he got to Thrust as he said he would. Fine. 3H.
--M Sipher
Trent Troop. Not only did he "inspire" the whole
write-in-to-Toyfare-for-TF-exclusives thing, he didn't even become human
and pissed off when BigBot stole the idea.
--Aaron F. Bourque
Call this a cop-out, but I've interacted with so many fans that deserve
kudos, some of whom I don't even remember by name but enjoyed talking with
at BotCon and who put their own hard work into making this fandom better.
Let's hear it for them.
--Sharon "Tut" LaBorde
Griffin - for being so hard-working, and so generous with his own time,
money and effort in making sure the Australian Transfan community has
opportunities and information that we might otherwise miss out on, given
our relative geographical dislocation.
--SofaMan
Rob Powers. For consistently having great commentary, staying out of
flames, and providing hours of entertainment. WINGS DOWN!
--Recharge
THRUST: ALRIGHT! A tie!
DIRGE: Yep. One vote really DOES make a difference, folks.
RAMJET: Unless you're Katherine Harris.
THRUST: Who?
DIRGE: And, once again, both Wonko and Zobovor will get free stuff
from http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/shirts/ as "thanks!"
for their contributions to Transformers fandom.
THRUST: Thank you, Mister Product Placement.
DIRGE: Hey, I didn't write this slag.
RAMJET: That's a pretty big gap between first place and all the
runner-ups.
DIRGE: I guess that shows how much everyone agreed that these guys
deserve to be Transfans of the Year.
THRUST: Either that, or they're equally good with the bribes.
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*** The Lovable Screwball of the Year Award
1 Brendocon
1 Brian J. Kelly/Typhoon
1 Brian Lackey/Particle Man
1 Choppaface (from Transfandom.com)
1 Dart/Technowiccan
1 Foldit (from The Allspark)
1 Goktimus Prime
1 Greg Sepelak/M Sipher
1 Hypertron
1 Ironbite4 (from Ivyna's Message Board)
1 Jazzie
1 Jeff Gilligan (from Transformers: 2005, pak...@hotmail.com)
1 Leemur (smok...@planetcomm.net)
1 Mac MacDonald
1 Mad-Max-MFP
1 Magic
1 Merytneith
1 Nightwind
1 Orionpax (from Transfans.com)
1 Phantom (from The Lost Years, huske...@hotmail.com)
1 Prof. Smooth
1 Ralph Burns
1 Razelore
1 RCOSD (from TFArchive)
1 Recharge
1 Ryan Yzquierdo/Seibertron
1 Saysadie (shree...@yahoo.ca)
1 Screamer
1 Sheba
1 Solar
1 Spotted Sea-Cow
1 Starscreamg1 (from Dreamwave message board)
1 Stelartron (arce...@hotmail.com)
1 Stewart Denyer
1 Stranger (phantom-...@mail.utexas.edu)
1 The_Critic (the_c...@writeme.com)
1 Titania
1 TrackAttack
1 Valkyriefire (lb...@magma.ca)
1 Vitanicat
1 Waspinator (from Ivyna's Message Board)
2 ADDL (from TFArchive, addl...@gmx.de)
2 Jackpot (aquama...@yahoo.com)
2 Lady Jet
2 Starscream
2 Tengu
2 TFG14VR
2 Trypticon X
4 Tigermegatron/Deathy/PredakingX/etc.
5 Dave Edwards/Zobovor
6 David "Walkerton" Willis
10 Hooper_X (emar...@aol.com)
13 Robowang
Robowang. Still putting out his man-tastic brand of screwballiness.
--Skyflight
Z. It's always gotta be Z. If you don't know/remember who Z is, I pity you
--Pluto
Robbenbobbi, ATT's very own living yin-yang symbol. Like the Inhumanoid
Magnakor, their magnetic flame-field imprisons TM Airazor in a state of
Schroedingeresquely simultaneous upness and downness.
--Jackpot
Walky. He's wacky.
--Trixter
Starscreamg1 of the DW msg board. Man, I have to admire you sticking to
your guns when everyone says you're wrong.
--Robert Ranting
Stewart Denyer. He's really a housewife in rollers. ;)
--saysadie
Just *one*??? Oh all right. Dart/Technowiccan, she of doggie fame,
champion of Bluestreak . . . mostly because it'll embarrass the socks off
her. ;) And because she is a wonderfully cheerful companion, especially
when she's way too tired. ;)
--LCStarchaser
Hooper_X. Who needs a moderator when you've got Hoop to scare off
unwelcome guests?
--Daniel "Suspsy" Suh
RAMJET: BOOYEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ROBOWANG RUULZ!
THRUST: Oh, great...
RAMJET: BRING IT UP FOR THE WANG! ROBO R0XX JOUR WORLD!
DIRGE: Knock it off!
RAMJET: ...heh, sorry, got a little carried away there.
THRUST "A little"?
DIRGE: Anyway, as the other big winner for tonight, Robowang will
also get some free gear as well.
RAMJET: Hey, do they have anything that says "Ramjet loves toast"?
THRUST: Hell no!
RAMJET: Well, that suxx.
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*** Trader of the Year Award
1 3H Enterprises
1 Adam Tkatch (adamis...@hotmail.com)
1 Axaday Zero
1 Benson Yee
1 Bluestreak 7 (http://www.geocities.com/bluestreak7tf/)
1 Brian Lackey/Particle Man
1 CybertronCity (http://www.cybertroncity.com)
1 Dave Preece
1 Fantoys
1 Felix Lu
1 Fred's Workshop (http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/tfs.html)
1 Gearsimus Prime
1 Grand Maxmius (of Transfandom.com)
1 Griffin
1 Hasbro
1 Hellbat's Used Robot Sales
1 Hooper_X
1 Jocelyn Maheu
1 Kookai88
1 Matthew Moschner
1 Morg (from http://www.skywarp.co.uk)
1 Nightbeat
1 Philip Ayres
1 Robozone
1 Rugby's Starbase
1 Swift Eagle
1 The Critic (the_c...@writeme.com)
1 Todd Too/Snarls Homepage
1 Top Dog Videos (http://www.topdogvideos.com)
1 Trackattack
1 VicegripX (orio...@sprynet.com)
1 Walsall Market
1 Walter Causey (http://beam.to/robotmonster)
1 Weirdwolf
1 Wizzywig (http://www.wizzywig.com)
2 Black Zarak (sarai...@yahoo.ca)
2 Thylacine2000
17 Big Bad Toy Store (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com)
Joel of BigBadToyStore. Great guy to deal with, good prices and no rip
offs. Hard to ask for more.
--Skyflight
This eBay guy that I don't know the name of (he dealt with Stan, not me).
He sent two Minerva PVC kits by mistake, and when emailed about it, he
kindly let us keep us keep the extra. So he deserves to be publicly
thanked even if I don't know his name....
--Lia Brown
3H. They gave me a comic.
--David "Bluestreak7" Schulz
Thylacine2000. He surprised me by sending me a BC Tigatron for some
assorted thylacine related material :)
--Finback
Not sure if it qualifies, but I got a BWNeo Longrack (loose, all parts
present) for S$10 (about US$4.50?) in a flea market in Singapore. Does
that count? Well, it looked like the vendor had no idea what she was
selling anyway...
--Red Dragon AuraThunder Ranger Aaron Hong
Hooper_X. I wanted Battle Unicorn so badly, but only a specific type of
person can see unicorns. Thankfully, Hooper_X found a whole bunch of
them.
--Charles "Griml0ck" Calhoun
[And from the "Why do we encourage this joke?" pile...]
Starscream, oh wait a minute, he would be the Traitor of The Year
--Tigerpaw28
Scourge (Robots in Disguise). The guy just smoothly goes along with
Megatron's plans without a word... then all of a sudden he's just waiting
for a chance to stab 'im in the back. That's pretty slick. Oh, wait...
you said *TRADER* of the year. Nevermind.
--Robert Powers
THRUST: Whoa! That's a fraggin' LANDSLIDE!
RAMJET: Everybody else got MASSACRED on this one!
DIRGE: Guess that'll give them some motivation for next year.
RAMJET: Yeah, but Big Bad Toy Store would have to take a year-long
hiatus just to give them a chance to catch up...
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*** Best Transformers Newsgroup or Message Forum
1 Autocon Mailing List (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autocon)
1 Gewgaw2
2 Benson Yee's discussion boards (http://www.bwtf.com)
2 Bigbot.com forums (http://www.bigbot.com)
2 BotCon 2001 Forum (http://www.botcon.com)
2 Dutchbot Mailing List (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dutchbot)
2 Fawndoo's Cavalcade of Whimsy
2 Radicons Message Group on Yahoo!
3 2005 message board (from Transfandom.com)
3 alt.toys.transformers.marketplace
3 Cold Hard Slag (http://www.coldhardslag.com)
3 Cybcon
3 Diaclone Mailing List (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diaclone)
3 Oz-Formers forum
4 Diaclone (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diaclone/)
4 Iacon Harbor
4 TFExtreme.com forums (http://www.tfextreme.com)
6 Autocon (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autocon/)
6 Transmasters UK message board
7 Transformers: 2005 forums (http://www.tfw2005.com)
11 Transfandom.com forums (http://www.transfandom.com)
12 Dreamwave comics discussion board
14 The AllSpark (http://www.allspark.com)
15 Seibertron.com forums (htt://www.seibertron.com)
16 Planet Sabretron message board (http://www.voy.com/32243/)
19 The Padded Cell (http://pub52.ezboard.com/bthepaddedcell71381)
20 alt.toys.transformers.fanfic
27 TFArchive forums (http://www.tfarchive.net)
28 #wiigii! forum (http://pub51.ezboard.com/bthewiigiiboard)
28 TransFans discussion board
(http://transformerhq.com/cgi-bin/ultimate.cgi)
29 The AllSpark (http://pub13.ezboard.com/btheallspark)
37 rec.toys.transformers.moderated
40 alt.toys.transformers.classic.moderated
167 alt.toys.transformers
A.T.T. - Sure, it's like sifting through a mound of dung to find a
diamond, but at least there's a LOT of crap to sift through.
--Eric Schwartz
TMUK chat. You get to discuss stuff there & see what current TFs topic
Crane is dissing for no apparent reason.
--George Morgan
Nightwind's Padded Cell. A great place to hang out, shoot the breeze, or
simply moan about your lousy day. Just watch out for all the blasted
hugging.
--Daniel "Suspsy" Suh
The 2005 Boards. They even put up with me!
--Galvatron
RTTM, keeps the rabble out. Also keeps the traffic down, but hey...At
least it isn't the public toilet labeled "Allspark".
--superspy
Make sure it's the REAL AllSpark run by Kalidor and not the evil Bizzaro
AllSpark run by Vindicator Decepticon on ezboard, the weiner.
--GR Crosscut
The #wiigii! board. Finally, a means to figure out what it's all about,
and participate in the strangest of quasi-topical discussions...
--Ryan "Darwinian Raod Kill" Hawe
RAMJET: There are hardly any topical discussions on #wiigii!
THRUST: That's okay, there are hardly any on alt.toys.transformers,
either.
DIRGE: Yeah, but even one percent of one million messages is a lot
to read.
THRUST: If you can find 'em...
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*** Best nom du net (Nickname/Handle)
1 Axaday Zero
1 Bandit
1 Boastful Fist
1 Chopperface 69
1 Cliffbee
1 Crafty Butcher
1 Deep Fried Teriaky Rampage Chilli Chutney On A Stick
1 Exveebrawn
1 Galvaprime
1 Goktimus Prime
1 GR Crosscut
1 Hedrax
1 Hotdog Divebomb
1 Jackpot
1 Jen One
1 Jenna Tailia
1 Jenone
1 Jesus Christ Has Tourette Syndrome
1 John_Deluna
1 Ladyjet
1 Lord Sixshot
1 Metalwave
1 Neurie
1 Prof. Smooth
1 Recharge
1 Saysadie
1 Seibertron
1 Shwiggie
1 Skyflight
1 Sped
1 Squizzle, King of the Squirrels
1 Stone Cold Skywarp
1 Suspsy
1 Tempest
1 TF Fatboy
1 The_Critic
1 Thegrape
1 Trackattack
1 Turin
1 Tyrant
1 Walky
1 Wayward Martian
1 Webratta
1 Wonko The Sane
1 X-Weapon
2 Best First
2 Brendocon
2 Irellius, Spam of the Potato People
2 Merytneith
2 Outtsyder
2 Starscreamer
2 Thylacine2000
3 M Sipher
3 Raksha
3 Robert Powers
3 Robowang
4 Liquid Velcro!
12 Zobovor
Zobovor's Ever-Changing From: Field.
--Citizen V
JenOne. It's part a girl's name, part a parody of "Gen 1", part one of
those "-One" type thingies that have been appearing everywhere, and all a
newbie ATT poster.
--Joona I Palaste
Boastful Fist. Even if he's a complete and utter useless turd, his name
is BOASTFUL FIST.
--Hooper_X
Walky. 'Cause it's fun to say. Walky, Walky, Walky.
--Heli
Outtsyder, even if I can never remember if it has two t's or two y's. ;)
--MCat
Raksha. So alien, yet so apt
--Razorpack
ExVeeBrawn. If anyone introduces him to StingBrawn, maybe their child
would be PaildraBrawn? (OK, I'm done.)
--Red Dragon AuraThunder Ranger Aaron Hong
Irellius Spam of the Potato People. Even better when you've seen the
evolution...
--Brendocon/Hotdog Divebomb
RAMJET: So what DOES Zobovor mean, anyway?
DIRGE: I know, but I won't tell you.
THRUST: The zark you know!
DIRGE: Fine, don't believe me, I don't care.
RAMJET: I wanna know!
THRUST: You are SUCH a liar...
RAMJET: Tell me!
DIRGE: Sorry, nope. Not gonna.
RAMJET: THRUST!
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*** Best .sig
1 Charlotte Brogden
1 Daniel Suh/Suspsy
1 Derik Smith
1 Desperado
1 Disco Addl
1 Flux
1 Gryph
1 Ironbite
1 Jen1
1 Lt_Tarantulas
1 Merytneith
1 Mike Mitsch
1 Nefertihime
1 Robert Jung
1 Starscreamer
1 Stelartron
1 The_Critic
1 Thomas Hamann
1 Thylacine 2000
1 Valkyriefire
1 Viewfind
2 Best First
2 Dave Edwards/Zobovor
2 Hooper_X
3 Brendocon
3 Robert Powers
15 Greg Sepelak/M Sipher
M "Lick Me!" Sipher. Sometimes it's an afterthought. Sometimes it's an
insult. Sometimes it's a non-sequitur. But you ALWAYS read Sipher's .sig
to see what he says.
I am just waiting
For the day when Siph uses
Haikus in his .sig.
--Philip N. Zeman
Nefertihime's quote from the "Top 100 Things to Do if You Ever Become an
Evil Overlord" list. =)
--Stelartron
The one from Jeste...@aol.com that says "Beer is God's way of telling us
he loves us and wants us to be happy."
--Jen One
Viewfind from TF Archive Message board -- his sig has a picture of the
Gobots show!
--Alpha Trion
Stelartron. She has a pic from Seibertron.com, where it looks like Megs
and Optimus Prime are hugging, with a quote from Jigglypuff:Opimus Prime:
"You see? Hugs aren't so bad." Megatron: "You're right! When I get back to
Decepticon headquarters, I'm going to call a big group hug!" Optimus
Prime: "At Autobot head quarters, we have monthly group hugs." Megatron:
"Sounds like a good idea!" AND she gives credit to both Seibertron and
Jigglypuff :)
--Kevona
Desperado (Despe...@aol.com), whose .sig reads, in part, "If we aren't
meant to eat animals, then why are they made of meat?" Cracks me up.
--Zobovor
"They took my underpants! Soon they'll want my blood! BLOOD! AGH!" --Lex
--MCat
Suspsy/Daniel Suh- I don't know how he does it, but he always manages to
come up with a tech spec quote that's exactly appropraite for the
occasion.
--Iacon
THRUST: Haikus in his .sig? That'd really suck!
DIRGE: What's wrong with haikus?
THRUST: They don't rhyme.
RAMJET: They're not SUPPOSED to rhyme.
THRUST: And that's what's wrong with them!
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*** Best Discussion of the Year
1 Are Transformers for girls or boys?
1 Attractiveness of Lord Sixshot (TFArchive forums)
1 AWF Royal Rumble
1 BotCon 2001 dinner
1 Coherent continuity is for adults (and fans)
1 Cyclonus is Skywarp/Bombshell
1 Dave Edwards'/Zobovor's views on prostitution
1 "Decepticons are NOT a species"
1 Deciphering blurry tech-spec scans (AllSpark forums)
1 Diaclone black Tracks toy
1 Did Hasbro sell leftover Takara Diaclone toys as Transformers?
("More Solid Proof...")
1 "Found another Prowl sketch!" (The Padded Cell)
1 Hooper_X vs. The Dutch
1 Hugman (Transmasters UK forums)
1 Massive Philosophical disscussion (Transfans forums)
1 Naming Black Convoy for Robots in Disguise
1 Sapience vs. sentience
1 Sky vs Raze
1 Starscreamer's "death"
1 StarscreamG1 decries Simon Furman
1 Unicron: character or plot device?
1 War in Space!
2 Blue Transmetal 2 Megatron rumors/auctions/speculation
2 Good vs. Evil, Autobots or Decepticons
2 MirrorVerse Transformers
2 September 11 terrorist attacks/How to fight terrorism?
2 What happened to Nick Morency/The Nixtr?
3 Cartoon Viewing Club/cartoon reviews
3 New Dreamwave Transformers comic book series
3 Transformers: Armada speculation/news
4 Airrazor toy wings up/down
5 Transformers: canon or mythos?
7 Robots in Disguise opinions/reviews/continuity
The RiD stuff. Either the colossal amount of activity after the first ep
aired, or the endless "Is RiD in continiuty" debates. (IT'S NOT!!!!)
--Chris McFeely
Transformers Mythos/Canon Debate- I usually vote for something that I at
least participated in, but I gotta admit this was the best example I've
seen of a topic being carefully and calmly dissected until a fairly mutual
concensus was reached.
--Iacon
"Decepticons are NOT a species". Got to put some long-standing
misconceptions to rest there...
--Thylacine 2000
"More Solid Proof..." Sure, people might get tired of talking about toys
and especially overstock of G1/Diaclone toys. I myself get tired of
discussing cartoons and comics. Next time the overstock theory comes
around, I'll prove anyone wrong once and for all. You have my word...
--Devvi
The Sept. 11 discussion at the 2005 Boards was great. For one day,
everyone put their differences aside and coexisted. Off course everything
was back to normal the next day. Oh well.
--Galvatron
"Is Blue TM2 Megatron Real?" If only because it proved that I am by no
stretch of the imagination the most cynical, hard-headed, suspicious
bastard this fandom has ever seen. AND IN THE END, I WAS RIGHT. HA. HA.
HA. HA. HA.
--M Sipher
Unicron: Character or Plot Device?
--Heli
A.K.A. Thread That Would Not Die Part Infinity: Wings Down! Bobbi
Carothers totally, completely, and unquestioningly kicks Rob Powers' ass
in a duel of wits between good and evil, right and wrong, lucidity and
lunacy. A battle beyond good, beyond evil, beyond imagination.
--Bobbi Carothers
DIRGE: You two aren't going to get into a "wings up"/"wings down"
argument, are you?
THRUST: Hadn't thought about it.
RAMJET: I couldn't care less.
DIRGE: Well, good. These jokes are already too predictable...
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*** Silliest Discussion of the Year
1 BotCon Unicron bust
1 Continuity of Dreamwave's new Transformers comic
1 Did Cliffjumper die in the movie? (TFArchive forum)
1 Goon squads
1 How TransFandom would react to new characterization of
semi-established characters
1 Hugman (TransMasters UK forum)
1 "I'm leaving the board!"
1 Merits of Armorhide being a blue tank
1 Metric system (BWTF forums)
1 MirrorVerse Unicron is a gumball machine
1 Pietje
1 PVC toy reviews
1 RailSpike's sonic umbrella
1 Raksha used to like Beast Wars ("I have stared into the abyss...")
1 Sapience vs sentience
1 "Sideburn may be a transsexual"
1 The Ark caused Earth's ice age
1 The Spectacular Spam Brothers (Transformers: 2005 forums)
1 The TFArchive Building
1 Transformers toy abuse
1 Transformers: Armada speculation
1 Transformers: canon or mythos?
1 War in Space!
1 Where does Scourge's (Robots In Disguise) trailer go when he
transforms?
1 Who's sexier, Blackarachnia or Arcee?
1 "What Robot are YOU?"
1 Why does Hot Spot keep changing his shade of blue?
(Transformers: Universe MUSH)
1 Why is sliced bread better than Energon?
1 Wombat Ninja Robots
1 Word association (AllSpark forums)
1 Yellow Daredevil (BWTF forums)
2 A Truly Galvatronic Rant/Renaming Jackpot
2 Liane Elliot's alt.toys.transformers caste system
2 Who became Cyclonus?
4 Robots In Disguise speculation/reviews/continuity
5 Airrazor toy wings up/down
6 Girls and the Transformers who love them/Zobovor's views on
prostitution
"Girls and the Transformers Who Love Them." A series of horribly
unattractive nudie pics sparks a lengthy and laughably stupid debate over
what separates pornography from prostitution. It's discussions like these
which cause me to seriously question why I even bother switching on my
computer.
--Daniel "Suspsy" Suh
Those articles where people say Beast Machines was really good. Ok, I'm
J/K. I think one that stands out is the discussion on "Sideburn may be a
transsexual"
--Allan [Weapon X] Liangco
Probably something from Seibertron :D
--Computron
The discussion on Planet Sabretron (that ran for about three weeks) about
the relative merits of Armorhide being a blue tank.
--SofaMan
I think that would be on TUniverse MUSH, where myself (Streetwise) and Hot
spot and the other Protecties were trying to figure out WHY Hot spot kept
on changing shades of blue in the show. We finally decided he's got
heat-sensitive paint. The Hotter it is, the lighter shade he is.
Streetwise peers at the fire "I wonder how hot it is?" Blades looks at
Spot "I'd say about 1000 or so degrees." Hot Spot grumbles "Very funny
guys!"
--Outtie
The milk thing on the Allspark
--Zodiac
The nature of Mirror Unicron is reveal . . . as a giant monster that spits
out new planets like some kind of twisted gumball machine! Sptooooie!
--LCStarchaser
Silly strictly in a fun way: re-released toy and PVC reviews, praise,
brags, and nit-picks. Aren't we silly to gripe so much about some really
great stuff? :)
--Raksha
THRUST: Hey, I'm naked! I must be a hooker! Woo hoo!
RAMJET: Ewwwwwwwwwww!
THRUST: We're all naked! We're all naked mechanical robo-sluts!
RAMJET: SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!
DIRGE: Shut up before I hurt you.
THRUST: Aw, man...
RAMJET: I so did NOT need the idea of you "hooking" anything.
DIRGE: Well, there goes our family-friendly rating...
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*** Best Transformers Reference/Resource
1 Dave's Transformers page, Dave Van Domelen
(http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/)
1 Diaclone.net (http://www.diaclone.net/)
1 eBay (http://www.ebay.com/)
1 Fred's American Variants Page, Fred's Workshop
(http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/vquanda.html)
1 Generations Transformers Guide book (Takara)
1 Google Groups (http://groups.google.com/)
1 Hex's World - Transformers, David Tashjian/Hex
(http://w3.one.net/~hex/tfs-idx.htm)
1 Morg's Transformers Website
(http://www.obliviongroup.co.uk/transformers.htm)
1 Nightwind's Screen Capture Archive, Nightwind
(http://home.att.net/~nightwind69/)
1 Portal of Evil (http://www.portalofevil.com/)
1 Radio Free Cybertron, Brian Kilby (http://tfradio.net/)
1 Seibertron.com, Ryan Yzquierdo/Seibertron
(http://www.seibertron.com/)
1 Teletran 3 Cybersite, (http://iocon.com/cj/tf/)
1 The Critic's Webpage, The_Critic (http://www3.telus.net/critic/)
1 The Toy Ark, Jax (http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/nekotom/)
1 The Trannies, Robert Jung
(http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/tf/Transformers.shtml)
1 The Unofficial Guide to Japanese and International Transformers,
J. E. Alvarez
1 Transformers Episode Guide, Aaron Marsh
(http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Comet/5606/tfepgd.html)
1 Transformers Universe book (Marvel Comics)
2 Cold Hard Slag (http://www.coldhardslag.com/)
2 Lexicon, Charlotte Brogden (http://www.lexicon.tf/)
2 Rework's Transformers Parts Identification Aid, Jon Runski/Rework
(http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/3392/pia.html)
2 Rob's Transformers Page, Robert Jung
(http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/tf/Transformers.shtml)
2 Transformers Online Encyclopedia, Stanley Lui/Marauder
(http://www.geocities.com/area51/station/6563/tf-ency.html)
2 Zobovor's Multi-Faceted Transformers Site, Dave Edwards/Zobovor
(http://members.aol.com/zobovor/index.html)
3 alt.toys.transformers newsgroup
3 Botch's Box Art Archive, Adam Alexander/Botch
(http://www.botchthecrab.com/)
3 International Transformers Tech-Spec Archive, Jon Hartman
(http://noble.cioe.com/~jhartman/tf/tf.html)
3 Tengu's Transformers Multiverse, Rob Gerbracht/Tengu (defunct)
3 Transformers FAQ, Steve Stonebraker
(http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/)
5 BigBot.com, Renaud Lefebvre (http://www.bigbot.com/)
5 Transformers Archive, Brendan Reilly (http://www.tfarchive.com/)
6 Transfandom.com, Tony Bacala et al (http://www.transfandom.com/)
6 Transformers Toy List, Robert Jung
(http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/tf/Transformers.shtml)
8 Cybertronian - The Unofficial Transformers Field Guide, Doug Dlin
(Antarctic Press)
9 Ben's World of Transformers, Benson Yee (http://www.bwtf.com/)
Ben Yee's site, hands down.
--Neil "shivkala" Blumengarten
CYBERTRONIAN by Antarctic Press. Hands down.
--M Sipher
The Hartman's International Tech Spec Archive. It's one of the few
extremely useful reference sites that hasn't just up and disappeared for
no good reason like the comic scan sites alwasy do, and it's well-designed
for quick reference.
--Trixter
The Alt.Toys.Transformers FAQ maintained by Steve-O Stonebraker. Read.
Learn. Keep your foot out of your mouth.
--Bobbi Carothers
www.Seibertron.com Just about everytime I need something, I go here
first.
--Kevona
Honestly, there are too many fine people out there doing sterling service
for the community to pick just one. They range from comic scans to
tech-specs, profiles, and other blatant abuses of copyright, and I'd be
lost without them. Thank Primus for CD-writers...
--Stuart Denyer
The Unofficial Guide To Japanese and International Transformers. I
learned a lot from this book about what the Japanese line was all about.
(I'm sure I still have much more to learn.)
--Tigerpaw28
alt.toys.transformers. Sorry, no other web site comes close. Everything
I ever needed to know about Transformers, I learned from ATT.
--Zobovor
THRUST: And it's another win for Ben Yee!
RAMJET: But Doug Dlin's "Cybertronian" was right behind.
DIRGE: Yeah, but Doug's a cool guy; I'm sure he's happy for Ben to
win.
RAMJET: Well, sure -- it's not like there's any MONEY involved...
------------------------------
*** Best Transformers Web Site
1 Dak Roland's Lair, Dak Roland (http://www.dakroland.com/)
1 Devvi's Transformers, Diaclone, and Robotix site, Daniel Vink/Devvi
(http://members.tripodnet.nl/devvi/)
1 Frank's BotCon Site, Frank
(http://community-1.webtv.net/frankshome/FRANKSBOTCONSITE/)
1 Hobbylink Japan (http://www.hlj.com/)
1 It's Walky!, David Willis/Walkertron
(http://www.itswalky.com/transformers/)
1 Morg's Transformer Website, Morg
(http://www.obliviongroup.co.uk/transformers.htm/)
1 My Kool Toyz, Rik Ruff (http://mykooltoyz.tripod.com/)
1 Polyhex/Arc of Cybertron
(http://members.fortunecity.com/arcof/cybertron.html)
1 Radio Free Cybertron, Brian Kilby (http://tfradio.net/)
1 Revenge of Masterforce, Jeremy Kaufmann/Ginrai
(http://www.masterforce.org/)
1 Robotech.com (http://www.robotech.com/)
1 Tengu's Transformers Multiverse, Tengu (defunct)
1 TFAU, Aussie Transformers Collectors
(http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/tfau/)
1 The Critic's Webpage, The_Critic (http://www3.telus.net/critic/)
1 The Hub (Transmasters UK fan fiction), Graham Thomson
(http://www.warwithoutend.com/)
1 The Serpent's Lair, Raksha (http://www.plumed-serpent.com/)
1 Transformers Generation One, Takara Toys
(http://www.takaratoys.co.jp/TF/)
1 UltraGear, Orioneos (http://home.sprynet.com/~orioneos/)
1 Vindicator's Keep, Vindicator
(http://home.att.net/~vindicator.decepticon/)
1 Who's Who In the Transformers Universe, Lars Eriksson/PatchWorks
(http://www.ntfa.net/universe/)
2 BotCon Online, 3H Enterprises (http://www.botcon.com/)
2 Google Groups (http://groups.google.com/)
2 Hot Rod's Homepage, Daniel Arseneault/Winterblast/Hot Rod
(http://www.geocities.com/winterblast_99/)
2 Transfans.com, Omega Supreme (http://www.transfans.com/)
2 Zobovor's Multi-Faceted Transformers Site
(http://members.aol.com/zobovor/index.html)
3 Dave's Transformers page, Dave Van Domelen
(http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/)
3 Lukis' Brothers Transformers Collector Page, Lukis Bros.
(http://www.unicron.com/)
3 Nightwind's Transfan Asylum, Nightwind
(http://home.att.net/~nightwind69/)
4 Cold Hard Slag, Timothy Gourley/Webratta
(http://www.coldhardslag.com/)
4 The Cybertron Chronicle, Rik Bakke
(http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com)
5 BigBot.com, Renaud Lefebvre (http://www.bigbot.com/)
5 Lexicon, Charlotte Brogden (http://www.lexicon.tf/)
5 Rob's Transformers Page, Robert Jung
(http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/)
5 Seibertron.com, Ryan Yzquierdo/Seibertron
(http://www.seibertron.com/)
5 The Transformers Archive, Brendan Reilly (http://www.tfarchive.com/)
15 Transfandom.com, Tony Bacala et al (http://www.transfandom.com/)
28 Ben's World of Transformers, Benson Yee (http://www.bwtf.com/)
Ben has consitantly made a polished, great web page. It is chocked full
of tons of information, and often has the scoop on news
--Doug Kern
The Cybertron Chronicle - It's a hard one, but Rik Bakke did a real good
job with this site. I can't wait for it to come back. Great interviews,
sound clips, etc. The whole deal was there.
--Brandon Williams
Zobovor's Multifacted Transformers Page. C'mon, what doesn't it have?
--Daria 'Ratbat' Sigma
My Kool Toyz. This website is proof that good content and an attractive
layout can go together. Keep up the good work. This is what a good website
should look like.
--Devvi
www.botcon.com - Yay, BotCon! Now with fun Wreckers stuff too!
--Windchaser/Cecilia
Not Electric Escape. That site sucks. :p
--Goktimus Prime
Tengu's TF Multiverse (http://www.tfmultiverse.com), may it rest in peace.
--Anthony "Tonyfitz" Brucale
Transfandom.com is what happens when several of the best TF sites on the
Internet get together and have a baby.
--GR Crosscut
THRUST: And Ben stomps 'em again!
DIRGE: I'm just amazed how he finds the time to keep the site
running, all by himself.
RAMJET: Hey, what's so hard? There's 24 hours in a day, right?
DIRGE: Sure, but the guy's got to have time to sleep and eat and go
to work, I imagine.
RAMJET: He DOES?!
------------------------------
*** Best Transformers IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Channel
1 #cmtf
1 #cybcon
1 #seibertron
1 #transformerz
2 #combaticons
2 #rid
2 #transformersrpg
3 #ntfa
3 #studentsbar
5 #iacon
6 #decepticon
6 #wiigii!spoilers
13 #cybertron
18 #transformers
63 #wiigii!
Wiigii! is the funnest place in the world, I defy you to find a cooler
bunch of people *anywhere*. Nope, not gonna happen, el dorko. We may be
accused of being a hive-mind, a clique, a vicious group of elitist
bastards who think that they're better than anyone else (well...that last
one may be true), but it's still the best place in IRC. And if you have a
problem with that, you can go ahead and blow it. * runs from the channel
for digging up an old joke for non-perverted uses
--superspy
#wiigii! is the more entertaining channel to visit, but the Austnet
#transformers channel is where the 'locals' hang out.
--Griffin
Best First's Chat Room (Don't know the address)
--Tyler Ram
It has been years since I last checked what TF IRC channels there are.
#ntfa is the only one I (want to) remember.
--Joona I Palaste
I can't vote for #wiigii!, can I, being the owner? Ah well, there really
is no other place... If I want to talk about Beast Machines favourably
anywhere else I get booted.
--David "Walkerton" Willis
THRUST: People talk favorably about Beast Machines?
DIRGE (sighs): Yes, they do, don't act surprised.
RAMJET: Yeah, I imagine vegetarians and gardeners get a big kick out
of it.
------------------------------
*** Best Transformers IRC Participant
1 |Chief|
1 Air Raid
1 Bennyhana
1 Darkstorm
1 Defensis Prime
1 Douglass Kern/Monocle
1 Lars Eriksson/Groundsplitter
1 Lt_Tarantulas
1 Mad-Max-MFP
1 Megatron33
1 Shadowcaster
1 The_Critic
1 Tonyfitz
1 TrackAttack
2 Goktimus Prime
2 Swift Eagle
2 Thylacine 2000
4 Greg Sepelak/M Sipher
5 Liquid Velcro!
LiquidVelcro - he's got the fastest wit on the planet. And is another
resident biology guy.
--Finback
Douglass "Monocle" Kern Monocle always contributes to the channel, and
he's a good guy.
The only bad thing:
He knows much about Gundam
And I know nothing.
--Philip N. Zeman
Tonyfitz ... funny AND helpful. Others are too, but he stands out to me.
Especially when I call him Ms. Robo.
--Robowang
M_Sipher. Always with the information, quick wit, and attitude. Long live
Jungin' Rob F*ck!
--Recharge
Hm. I'll go with Thylacine2000. Always an interesting conversation when
he's around. Even if he does take his damn time.
--M Sipher
Bennyhana, of no fixed channel. He's Japan-tastic! :)
--Ryan "Darwinian Raod Kill" Hawe
THRUST: What the zark is "Jungin' Rob F*ck"?
RAMJET: I don't know, but it sure sounds dirty.
DIRGE: Sounds like a badly-dubbed Japanese samurai movie.
THRUST: And we KNOW how much the fans love bad dubs!
RAMJET: Sparkle!
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*** Best Transformers MUSH/MUCK
1 Beast Wars: Transmetals
2 The Fort
2 Transformers - Nexus
3 #Transformersrpg (Espernet)
3 The Axalon
3 Transformers - Alternate Universe
3 Transformers Continuum
3 Transformers: Legends
3 Transformers: Swords and Sorcery
7 Transformers Universe
10 Transformers Victory Second
10 Transformers: 2005
14 Decepticon Dominion
24 Transformers: The Lost Years
Lost Years Mush truly took TF Mushing in a new direction. Where
possibilities (and minds) were closed before, TLY broke new ground, forged
an atmosphere of respect and equality, and inspired a whole new generation
of TF Mushes, with a whole new enlightened outlook. I'm proud to say that
TFDD can trace its philosophical ancestry to this progenitor, and pleased
to have seen so many Mushers carry TLY's ideals forward into universes and
themes of their own.
--Raksha
Transformers Universe (Completely unbiased ^_^)
--Typhoon
Decepticon Domain has managed to gather a loyal user base, which get
together in a pleasant and friendly manor with no pressure put on any of
the situations. A credit to it's creator really.
--Divefire
Long live 2K5!!!
--Sharon "Tut" LaBorde
RAMJET: ALRIGHT! Decepticon MUSHes kick tailpipe!
DIRGE: "The Lost Years" isn't a Decepticon MUSH.
THRUST: It might as well be.
RAMJET: Yeah!
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*** Best Role-Playing of a Pre-Existing Character on a MUSH/MUCK
1 Beachcomber, Transformers: 2005
1 Deathsarus, Transformers: Victory Second (Raksha)
1 Elita-1, Transformers: Victory Second
1 Hellbat, Transformers: Victory Second
1 Hot Spot, Transformers Universe
1 Motormaster, Decepticon Dominion (Tom Parrott)
1 Optimus Prime, Transformers Continuum (Rusty)
1 Prowl, Transformers Continuum (Sarah T.)
1 Rumble, Decepticon Dominion
1 Swindle, Transformers Universe (Kathy Pulver)
2 Galvatron, Transformers: 2005 (Shaun White)
2 Megatron, Decepticon Domain
Megatron @ Decepticon Domain. With all the crap he has to sometimes deal
with, tis a wonder the big guy sticks around and manages to breath so much
life into the walking cannon of doom.
--Divefire
I would have to say Beachcomber at 2k5. Hippies rule baby!
--Outtie
Sadly, my freeform depictions of the Vehicons as employees of Microsoft
and Wizards of the Coast don't count here. A pity, because the "Little
Drone Buddy is a Munchkin RPGer" skits were priceleless. So Instead I'll
vote for anyone who plays Flamefeather, simply because nobody would ever
damit to playing Flamefeather. So there.
--Rick R. Mortis
Starscream on Decepticon Dominion before the player left.
--Magic
Tom Parrott's Motormaster, Decepticon Dominion. I have seen some truly bad
and some pretty-okay Motormasters, but never one that was as absolutely
dead-on as this one. From the initial application to every moment of RP,
he brings out all the qualities that I have always loved about this
character.
--Raksha
Pass-a-diddly, neighbourino.
--Chris McFeely
THRUST: It's Flandersbot!
DIRGE: I don't think so. At least, I can't imagine the Simpsons
characters as Transformers.
RAMJET: Hey, you never know. How about Homer Simpson as Optimus
Prime?
DIRGE: "Autobots, transform and-- mmmmmmmmmm, donuts..."
THRUST: Yeah!
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*** Best Role-Playing of an Original Character on a MUSH/MUCK
1 Chasm, Decepticon Dominion
1 Enfilade, Transformers: The Lost Years (Mary Pletsch)
1 Firestorm, Transformers Continuum (David)
1 Harbinger (Sean Gevedon)
1 Odium, Transformers: 2005
1 Os-Kar (Dean Smires)
1 Phalanx, Transformers: The Lost Years
1 Shadowjet, Transformers Victory Second
1 Sped, Transformers: 2005
1 Whiplash, Transformers: The Lost Years (Raksha)
1 Wolftrakken
2 Tempest, Decepticon Dominion
2 Winterblast, #Beastwars (Espernet)
4 Hardcore, Transformers: The Lost Years (Hooper_X)
Hardcore@TLY, the Big Red Machine still kicks ass and takes names.
--Hooper_X
Jazz/Nyt as Leozak. He wasn't Leozak for very long before I took over
from him, but while he was in control, he played Leozak like I've only
ever seen one other person play him. Apart from myself, I would trust the
Destron Breastforce Commander into very few hands except his. What's more,
because he no longer plays, Jazz never gets any credit for his helping out
so this year I thought I'd plug his hard work!
--George Morgan
Odium at 2k5. Don't ask me how he got the char approved, but he did! And
the char is awesome!
--Outtie
RAMJET: Not a lot of fans play the MUSHes, do they?
THRUST: I don't see why not -- spending hours alone in a room,
chatting electronically with a bunch of strangers, losing
interest in the real world... sounds like TransFandom to me!
DIRGE: You know, someone's going to get you for that.
THRUST: Nah, I'll just blame Robert.
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*** Best Fan Artist (handdrawn art/rendered image/general 2D art)
1 Beamer Magnus
1 Big Convoy
1 Brian Burke/Drake Fenwick
1 Frank (mond...@optonline.net)
1 Heather Moulton
1 Hooper_X
1 Matt Dallas (of "Transformers: Continued Generation 2";
http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/primus/tmukfanzines.htm)
1 "Optimus Operation" art team
(http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~YP2M-KWSM/)
1 Polaris
1 Slander
1 Wayward Martian
1 Winged Siamese (http://www.geocities.com/wingedsiamese/index.html)
2 Adrian Oak
2 Atombomb03
2 Bill Heaston/Fangwing (http://www.snapbag.com/~flux/tf/fanart.html)
2 Cecilia Matz/Windchaser
2 Claire Garza/Chee-Toy
2 Vikram Chopra/Cosmotron
2 Der2
2 Dusty
2 Heather Feldman
2 K. Thor Jensen
2 Melissa Dehaan (http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/danai/)
2 Nick Roche
2 Sara Gillman
2 Trainimus Prime (http://www.tfextreme.com/)
2 Whiptail
3 Brian Vigue/Double The Weed
3 Dr. Nenriki (Transformers Universe, Japanese)
3 Goldimus Prime
3 Harry Beejan (http://monde.intellia.com/harry/cybertron/index.htm)
3 Hirofumi Ichikawa (Transformers Chronicles)
3 Jack Lawrence
3 Karl Lynch/Voice God
3 Ken Flatt/Jaguar (http://www.melted.com/tlc/)
3 Malaki Keller
3 Mark Wong (http://www.snapbag.com/~flux/tf/fanart.html)
3 Markatron (http://markatron.freeservers.com/)
3 Michael Kenney/Dak Roland (http://www.madbbs.com/users/dakroland)
3 Nightwarp (nigh...@yahoo.ca)
3 Rik Bakke/Silverbolt
3 Sarah Tannenbaum
3 Sheba
3 Stormrave/Tempest
3 Tiffany Ross/Syke
3 Weewoo (http://www.tfw2005.com/3dtf/)
4 HMB3 (http://denyer.cjb.net/transformers)
5 Dart/Technowiccan
5 Julie Wondra/Blackfrost
5 Margaret C. Racine/MCat
5 Taiga Ota/Tigerconvoy
6 Ichikawa Hirofumi (Transformers Chronicles)
7 Dylan Nagel/Orionpax
7 Matt Nelson
7 Saysadie
8 Lillith Skye Rael/Lithrael/Razormoon
(http://www.afn.org/~afn20039/cobra/)
9 Amy Cyrway/Artemis Prime (http://www.cyrway.f2s.com/art/fanart.htm)
9 Eva Gillmann/Magic
9 Jackpot (http://spektakle.com/)
11 Guido Guidi (http://www.transformers.3000.it)
12 S. Trent Troop/Trentulas
(http://www.geocities.com/trentulas/index.html)
13 Don Figueroa/DPrime2/Maraudimus
(http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/macromasters/)
16 Leximillian (http://spores.net/Lex/fanart.html)
18 Dave Edwards/Zobovor (http://members.aol.com/zobovor/index.html)
28 Chia-Chi Wang/Chi (http://www.bigbot.com/chi)
39 David "Walkerton" Willis/Walky (http://www.itswalky.com/)
39 Greg Sepelak/M Sipher (http://tatooine.fortunecity.com/simak/109/)
48 Makoto Ono/Makotron (http://www.snapbag.com/~flux/tf/fanart/mo.html)
102 Dan Khanna/Dan The Art Guy
Dan Khanna--good heavens, but "Wreckers" was beautiful!
--Thylacine 2000
Any guy who draws a Cartoony Jihaxus and says that Biggles-Jones is the
hottest woman in all of Transformerdom is okay with me. Go Walky.
--Rick R. Mortis
Pat Lee, that nutty fanboy, him.
--GR Crosscut
Ken Flatt. He draws really well and puts in a lot of our marital time to
the drawing, inking and even computer colouring of his pictures.
--George Morgan
M. Sipher - gotta love the mugshots!
--Dave Connell
With honorable mentions going out to Wayward/Melissa and
BeamerMagnus/Will. Dart, you blushing yet? ;)
--LCStarchaser
Artiems Prime. Just, gah. No really. This girl needs to get paid. Lots.
--Divefire
RAMJET: Geez, if this keeps up, they're going to have to disqualify
Dan and give the other guys a chance.
DIRGE: Actually, they're catching up -- Dan actually got fewer
points this year than last.
THRUST: Sure, but at this rate, it'll be another DECADE before
someone else beats him...
------------------------------
*** Best Fan Artist (kitbashing/model-building/general 3D art)
1 Draven
1 Heather Moulton
1 Jangar (http://jangar326.home.mindspring.com/)
1 Maradimus Prime
1 Steelskin (steel...@my-deja.com)
2 Andrew Holz (http://www.tfw2005.com/3dtf/)
2 Briareos (briar...@hotmail.com)
2 Primus
2 Prowl Pants
2 Ricky Lucas
2 Swift Eagle
2 Tengu
2 TFBoogy
2 ZacWilliam
3 Aaron Thomas
3 Bitstream
3 Corvus (cor...@crowfans.com)
3 Dark Design/Dutchbot
3 Dave Schiber (goth...@aol.com)
3 Dylan Nagel
3 Fred's Workshop (http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/tfs.html)
3 Greg Sepelak/M Sipher (http://tatooine.fortunecity.com/simak/109/)
3 Hellbat
3 Hirosuke Kobayashi (Botcon Japan '97 Arcee)
3 Hooper_X
3 Isato Kaiser
3 Jarrod (http://www.geocities.com/shinji1066/index.html)
3 Jeremiah Fischer
3 Laine Severyn
3 Mad-Max-MFP
3 Nigh...@Yahoo.Ca
3 Robowang
3 Zenith (http://www.caliburn.co.uk)
4 Burt Ward/Skyflight
4 Prometheus X
5 Robert Yee
5 Weewoo (http://www.tfw2005.com/3dtf/)
6 Douglas Kern/Monocle (http://home.earthlink.net/~douglasskern/)
6 KidKorrupt (http://www.geocities.com/kidk0rrupt/index.htm)
6 Metal Vendetta (http://www.robleesejones.com/kitbash/index.html)
6 TFX Prowl
6 The Weeter (thew...@aol.com)
8 S. Trent Troop/Trentulas
(http://www.geocities.com/trentulas/index.html)
10 David Willis/Walkertron
(http://www.itswalky.com/transformers/fanart/)
10 Jason and Kevin Lukis (http://www.unicron.com)
21 Dave Edwards/Zobovor (http://zobovor.zmfts.com)
21 Don Figueroa/DPrime2/Maraudimus
(http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/macromasters/)
62 Dave Van Domelen
(http://protoformproject.com/dvd/kitbash/repaints.html)
Dave's Spychangers made me want to buy them from him.
--Philip N. Zeman
Thanks to Isato Kaiser for the great repaint of Deluxe Jetstorm into
Vehicon Captain Stormrave!
--Stormy
Laine Severyn, for his swords for BM Cheetor.
--dirge
Bitstream, he does away with animorph's human-ness and robotifies the
figures
--Mardhen "Dai Atlas" Bravo
It's a toss-up between Sipher, Trent, and Walky. Let's have them fight in
a steel cage or something.
--superspy
All the artist @ bigbot.com
--blackaricinia
Fred from Fred's Workshop (Toiletbot RULES)
(San Dimas High School football RULES!)
--Robowang
THRUST: Excellent!
RAMJET: Bogus!
[Thrust and Ramjet grin at each other, then begin to play
air guitars.]
DIRGE: What?
------------------------------
*** Best Transformers Fan Club
1 DutchbotTF Mailing List (http://dutchbot.high5.net/)
1 Minnesota Transfans, Lorax
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mntransfans)
1 Nordic TransFans Association/NTFA, Groundsplitter
(http://www.ntfa.net/)
1 Prowl's Harem, Tyrant (http://www.geocities.com/prowlsharem/)
1 Stars
1 Tea Drinking Destrons
1 TFArchive message board, Brendan Reilly (http://tfarchive2.com/)
1 The Decepticon Empire, Burt Ward/Skyflight
(http://www.decepticon-empire.org/)
1 The Transformers.Net (http:/www.thetransformers.net)
1 Transfans.com (http://www.transfans.com/)
2 Cybertronian Conference/Cybcon Greg Gaub
(http://www.snapbag.com/~flux/tf/maillist.html)
4 Transmasters UK/TMUK (http://www.tmuk-hub.org/)
5 #wiigii! Yahoo Groups Club (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wiigii/)
8 Ozformers, Matthew Griffin
(http://www.powerup.com.au/~griffin/ozformers.htm)
The #Wiigii! mailing list! (Hey, I didn't set this one up -- I can vote
for it!)
--David "Walkerton" Willis
NTFA, still going strong!
--Joona I Palaste
There's a fan club?
--Darrell Cobb
Do message-boards count for this? I'd say that they did ("formal
Transformers-related fan organization"), and that the TFArchive board
(http://tfarchive2.com/) as run by Brendan Reilly and Skywarp is very much
a club (with or without the nails...)
--Stuart Denyer
RAMJET: Aw, the #wiigii!s lost out to the Aussies.
THRUST: "#wiigii!s"?
RAMJET: What else would you call them?
THRUST: I'd call them "A bunch of fat, stinkin' lo--"
DIRGE: That's ENOUGH, Thrust!
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*** Best Transformers Fanzine or Newsletter
1 Altered States Magazine, Phil Zeman/SkyJammer
(http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/)
1 Auto-Update, Tony Buchanan
1 DutchbotTF Mailing List (http://dutchbot.high5.net/)
1 Matrix Annex (http://www.transfandom.com/matrix/index.shtml)
1 SirStack's mailing list, Jesse Lee Herndon/Sir STACK
(sirs...@aol.com)
1 The Transformers.Net (http:/www.thetransformers.net)
1 Transfandom.com (http://www.transfandom.com)
1 Transforce Magazine, Transmasters UK (http://www.tmuk-hub.org/)
1 Transformers Exchange, TFX Optimus (http://www.tfexchange.com/)
1 Transformers: The Lost Cronicles, Transmasters UK
(http://www.tmuk-hub.org/)
1 Trans-Spoof, Tim Finn (http://www.tmuk-hub.org/)
2 Radio Free Cybertron, Brian Kilby (http://tfradio.net/)
4 Legends (http://home.earthlink.net/~lcstarchaser/legends/index.html)
8 Con-Quest, Raksha (http://www.plumed-serpent.com/)
8 Ozformers newsletter, Matthew Griffin
(http://www.powerup.com.au/~griffin/ozformers.htm)
Radio Free Cybertron counts, right?
--Hooper_X
SirSTACK's e-mail mailing list? It tells the episode titles coming up in
the week. That's pretty mush all it does.
--Allan [Weapon X] Liangco
Transformers: The Lost Cronicles (TLC) Little faithful UK Tranzine edited
by Ken Flatt, always dedicated to reprinting the best and printing fresh,
new, cool stuff!
--George Morgan
THRUST: Whoa! Con-Quest got some competition this year!
DIRGE: Yeah, that's a first. Nice to see OzFormers finally get
first place for this one.
RAMJET: So you think Raksha and Griffin will share the Trannie
nicely?
DIRGE: It beats challenging each other to a deathmatch for it.
THRUST: OH! "This Sunday, ONE NIGHT ONLY! A duel TO THE DEATH!"
RAMJET: Uh...
DIRGE: "Who's gonna take the Trannie? Will it be 'Reaper' Raksha,
or Matt 'Claws of Doom' Griffin?"
DIRGE: Okay, we get the point...
THRUST: "LIVE at the Metrodome! We'll sell you the seat, but you'll
only need THE EDGE!"
DIRGE: ENOUGH!
THRUST: Awwwwwwwwww...
RAMJET: Let's go to the commercials already -- I wanna smack Thrust
around a bit...
DIRGE: Me first!
[Cut to commercials.]
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Trent Troop
*** The TransFan of the Year Award
Huzzah!
> Trent Troop. Not only did he "inspire" the whole
> write-in-to-Toyfare-for-TF-exclusives thing, he didn't even become human
> and pissed off when BigBot stole the idea.
> --Aaron F. Bourque
"I'm kinda like Jesus... but not in a sacrilegious way..."
Thanks Aaron. You and the other guy that voted for me have spared yourselves
the horrible fiery death that... um... Well, I don't have it PLANNED, per
se, but when it comes... No death for you.
> 12 S. Trent Troop/Trentulas
> (http://www.geocities.com/trentulas/index.html)
Mein Gott... I beat Guido...
That... damn... there's something wrong with the universe.
> 13 Don Figueroa/DPrime2/Maraudimus
> (http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/macromasters/)
Wow... I'm ranked right between two guys that actually got jobs at
Dreamwave... hrmm..
> 8 S. Trent Troop/Trentulas
> (http://www.geocities.com/trentulas/index.html)
In the way these things are grouped, I'm glad to have gotten this many
votes. I guess this is where my animation work lands? Well... I have no idea
how much of the fandom is aware of it, but I'm glad eight people are.
Primus Willing, there will be some more this year.
> It's a toss-up between Sipher, Trent, and Walky. Let's have them fight in
> a steel cage or something.
> --superspy
Siph is wirey, he might be a problem. I think I'd hang back, let them duke
it out, and finish off Siph after he beats Walky, while he's still
disoriented and tired.
-Trent
David Willis
> > It's a toss-up between Sipher, Trent, and Walky. Let's have them fight
in
> > a steel cage or something.
> > --superspy
>
> Siph is wirey, he might be a problem. I think I'd hang back, let them duke
> it out, and finish off Siph after he beats Walky, while he's still
> disoriented and tired.
Siph can't defeat me. I possess that which he most fears.
Adam Sandler.
--David
www.itswalky.com
ShadowWing
Robert Jung wrote
>
>*** The TransFan of the Year Award
?
??
???
OK, we can't vote for ourselves, and even then, my lack of self-esteem
would never have allowed me to vote for myself in this catagory. I'm nowhere
*near* in the class of at least *most* of the other nominees. So who owes me
money? :)
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Artemis Prime
> *** The TransFan of the Year Award
> 1 Artemis Prime
*counts out some large bills for Zodiac, then realises there's people
watching.* ^_^;;
> *** Best Fan Artist (handdrawn art/rendered image/general 2D art)
> 2 Bill Heaston/Fangwing (http://www.snapbag.com/~flux/tf/fanart.html)
Lover!
> 3 Brian Vigue/Double The Weed
Other Lover!
> 3 Stormrave/Tempest
Yet another--oh, wait, that's her husband I'm thinking of.
> 9 Amy Cyrway/Artemis Prime (http://www.cyrway.f2s.com/art/fanart.htm)
YEOUCH! OLD SITE!!! No longer there, the f2s kisama...
http://www.protoformproject.com/artemis
My...now this gives me great honour right here...arigato to those nine
brave souls tripping on Primus-knows-what. ;)
> Artiems Prime. Just, gah. No really. This girl needs to get paid. Lots.
> --Divefire
And one of those who's probably been into Weed's secret stash. :P
I need a job. :P
Thank you, dear...for that, I'll finish that Tera and Depth Charge
pic. ;)
^_^
--Arty, who's running on nothing but caffeine and a prayer at this
point
Douglas W. Dlin
I does that, for some reason...
On Apr. 21, 2002, Robert Jung wrote:
>
> *** The TransFan of the Year Award
> 1 Dave Van Domelen (dva...@eyrie.org)
> 1 Jon Hartman
> 1 Steve Stonebraker (srst...@bu-ast.bu.edu)
> 2 Greg Sepelak/M Sipher
> 2 Liquid Velcro!
> 2 Rik Bakke
> 4 Doug Dlin
....the hell? I demand a recount.
> 11 Benson Yee
> 11 Dave Edwards/Zobovor
That's better. I'd still like to have seen more of a nod to Phil Zeman
and the rest of the ASM crew, though. Plus Phil gets bonus points next
year for including a haiku in every answer. But hey, I didn't get
'round to voting, so feel free to ignore my grousing.
> *** The Lovable Screwball of the Year Award
> Robbenbobbi, ATT's very own living yin-yang symbol. Like the
> Inhumanoid Magnakor, their magnetic flame-field imprisons TM Airazor
> in a state of Schroedingeresquely simultaneous upness and downness.
> --Jackpot
What an astounding mix of erudition and sheer geekiness. Good thing I
wasn't drinking when I read it, too. :-)
> *** Best Transformers Newsgroup or Message Forum
> A.T.T. - Sure, it's like sifting through a mound of dung to find a
> diamond, but at least there's a LOT of crap to sift through.
> --Eric Schwartz
Uh...and that's a GOOD thing? I mean, yes, law of averages and all
that, but there's something to be said for signal/noise ratio, too, even
if it means only a wee bit of signal.
> *** Best Discussion of the Year
> "Is Blue TM2 Megatron Real?" If only because it proved that I am by no
> stretch of the imagination the most cynical, hard-headed, suspicious
> bastard this fandom has ever seen. AND IN THE END, I WAS RIGHT. HA.
> HA. HA. HA. HA.
> --M Sipher
>
> A.K.A. Thread That Would Not Die Part Infinity: Wings Down! Bobbi
> Carothers totally, completely, and unquestioningly kicks Rob Powers'
> ass in a duel of wits between good and evil, right and wrong, lucidity
> and lunacy. A battle beyond good, beyond evil, beyond imagination.
> --Bobbi Carothers
Nothing spices up one's reading like semi-facetious displays of
shameless ego. :-)
> *** Best Transformers Reference/Resource
> 8 Cybertronian - The Unofficial Transformers Field Guide, Doug
Dlin (Antarctic Press)
Heh...much as I'd love to take this much credit for it, it's hardly my
effort alone. Still, coming in second after being 'round only a bit
more than a year ain't too bad, considering the competition.
> 9 Ben's World of Transformers, Benson Yee (http://www.bwtf.com/)
This site, however, IS a one-man effort, pretty much, and I can't think
of a more appropriate source to come in first. Some equally appropriate
ones, yes. :-)
> Ben Yee's site, hands down.
> --Neil "shivkala" Blumengarten
> CYBERTRONIAN by Antarctic Press. Hands down.
> --M Sipher
Wait, how many hands is that?
> The Hartman's International Tech Spec Archive. It's one of the few
> extremely useful reference sites that hasn't just up and disappeared
> for no good reason like the comic scan sites alwasy do, and it's well-
> designed for quick reference.
> --Trixter
Amen. The URL in the list needs updating, though. It's now
http://www.tsarchive.net
> The Alt.Toys.Transformers FAQ maintained by Steve-O Stonebraker. Read. Learn. Keep your foot out of your mouth.
> --Bobbi Carothers
Word.
> The Unofficial Guide To Japanese and International Transformers. I
> learned a lot from this book about what the Japanese line was all
> about. (I'm sure I still have much more to learn.)
> --Tigerpaw28
Heh...well, if you can't plug yourself, who can you plug? ;-) We all
have much more to learn in one thing or another, I say.
> *** Best Transformers Web Site
> 1 Transformers Generation One, Takara Toys
> (http://www.takaratoys.co.jp/TF/)
> 2 BotCon Online, 3H Enterprises (http://www.botcon.com/)
> 4 The Cybertron Chronicle, Rik Bakke
> (http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com)
> 5 BigBot.com, Renaud Lefebvre (http://www.bigbot.com/)
Okay, I demand ANOTHER recount. :-)
Now I have a couple hundred more posts to catch up on...
Doug Dlin
ap...@hotmail.com
Rik Bakke
ShadowWing <the...@snet.net> wrote:
> Robert Jung wrote
>
> > *** The TransFan of the Year Award
> > 1 ShadowWing
>
> ?
>
> ??
>
> ???
>
> OK, we can't vote for ourselves, and even then, my lack of self-esteem
> would never have allowed me to vote for myself in this catagory. I'm
> nowhere *near* in the class of at least *most* of the other nominees. So
> who owes me money? :)
Or possibly, who do you suddenly owe money? :)
--
Rik Bakke
silve...@c2i.net
The Cybertron Chronicle
http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/
Transformers Fan Code
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ShadowWing
Rik Bakke wrote
>>So who owes me money? :)
>
>Or possibly, who do you suddenly owe money? :)
Ah, but if I don't feel worthy to even be nominated, why would I bribe
someone to nominate me? :)
M Sipher
Trent Troop <trent...@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Ha%w8.114$mk6.13...@news2.east.cox.net...
> > It's a toss-up between Sipher, Trent, and Walky. Let's have them fight
in
> > a steel cage or something.
> > --superspy
>
> Siph is wirey, he might be a problem. I think I'd hang back, let them duke
> it out, and finish off Siph after he beats Walky, while he's still
> disoriented and tired.
Well, one, that's assuming finishing off Walky will either disorient or tire
me.
Two, that's what loyal (read: brainwashed) snipers are for.
M "M Sipher Is A Hero, A Patriot, And One Of The Finest Men I Have Ever
Known" Sipher
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ShadowWing
David Willis wrote
>
>Siph can't defeat me. I possess that which he most fears.
>
>Adam Sandler.
That would actually fit a lot of us, wouldn't it? Hey, I've got it! Adam
Sandler, Carrot Top, and Pauly Shore duking it out! Nobody would care who
wins! We just want to see the fight! :)
Douglas W. Dlin
>
[re: The Sipher-Trent-Walky showdown; Trent suggests letting Sipher wear
down defeating Walky first...]
> Siph can't defeat me. I possess that which he most fears.
>
> Adam Sandler.
Fool! You cannot possess Adam Sandler. Adam Sandler possesses YOU!
I'd pray for your soul, if I still thought you had one.
Doug Dlin
ap...@hotmail.com
David Willis
"> >Siph can't defeat me. I possess that which he most fears.
> >
> >Adam Sandler.
>
> That would actually fit a lot of us, wouldn't it? Hey, I've got it!
Adam
> Sandler, Carrot Top, and Pauly Shore duking it out! Nobody would care who
> wins! We just want to see the fight! :)
No, no we don't...
--David
www.itswalky.com
M Sipher
ShadowWing <the...@snet.net> wrote in message
news:OEIx8.14078$5g5.278...@newssvr10.news.prodigy.com...
> David Willis wrote
> >
> >Siph can't defeat me. I possess that which he most fears.
> >
> >Adam Sandler.
For a time... I considered sparing your wretched little SNL-dropping.
But now... you shall witness... ITS DISMEMBERMENT!!!
M "CastraSHAWN" Sipher
Thomas Hamann
Robert Jung <rj...@mac.com> said:
<snip>
>*** The TransFan of the Year Award
> 1 Thomas Hamann/Salamander/Aziraphale
<snip> ------------------------------
>
>*** Best .sig
> 1 Thomas Hamann
Well, I don't know who voted for me, but a big "Thank You" for the voter(s).
Also got a vote for fanfic writer of the year.
And two votes against in the Free for All, of which one included bodily
harm...guess Tigermeggy is right sometimes.
--
Thomas Hamann
ZIB mailing list Moderator
Personal website: http://evilskylark.tripod.com/